Category: Network

I bought a new NAS server (Synology DS415+). Very small and silent NAS. I configured it without any problems. Every workstation with Widows had access to network shares. But I had a problem when I wanted to get access from my Ubuntu.

Sometimes you want to know how is the strength of WiFi signal. It is very useful when you are in a hotel, or you want to diagnose problems with WiFi. In order to check WiFi signal strength in Ubuntu type in terminal:

Once upon a time I wanted to check if some ports are open. The network I wanted to check was at my office, and when I forwarded some ports on my Mikrotik I wanted to be sure if I did it correctly. So I started to find solution in the internet and I found that netcat can do it: